Paris Fashion Week autumn/winter 2013 Post: day eight

Highlights from the penultimate day at Paris Fashion Week, including Cara Delevingne's backstage naps, Edie Campbell back from study leave and stylish snacks.

06 March 2013

Models in the Alexander McQueen show Photo: AFP

CATWALK MOMENT
Just 10 perfectly crafted looks formed the Alexander McQueen autumn/winter 2013 showcase (above). With creative director Sarah Burton now on maternity leave (she's having twins), she didn't 'bow out' to easy, girly glamour, instead she looked to Queen Elizabeth I for intricate references. Inside the gilded Opéra Comique, the models walked out two by two in gowns that took two weeks each to create.

BEST IN FROW
So aside from a generous sprinkling of Jessicas Alba and Chastain, Paris Fashion Week hasn't been the mega-star event we hoped it'd be; so for now we'll settle for a bird-like Nicole Richie at Valentino, sporting the brand's signature hue.

FROW-VERHEARD:Cara's Chanel cat nap...Photo: @caradelevingne
We were starting to wonder how Cara Delevingne ever had time to sleep seeing as she has walked in pretty much every PFW show going and managed to party too. Well, now we know - she can literally sleep anywhere as this pic of her backstage at yesterday's Chanel show proves. Although, maybe it should be called a Choupette nap in this circumstance?

Food for thought...Photo: @kegrand
Katie Grand, editor of
LOVE
and Louis Vuitton show stylist extraordinaire, gave us a peek at the late-night snacks consumed at LV HQ in the frantic run up to the show. Aren't they fun?

RE-MODELLED: Edie Campbell
British model Edie Campbell has a break in between the London and Milan shows because, her agent told us, she was finishing her degree and dissertation. The 22-year-old is a history of art student at London's Courtauld Institute, but was firmly back in the game yesterday with top shows (L-R) Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Valentino on her schedule.

STREET STYLISTAS
Who says your feet have to suffer during the Fashion Week marathon? These street style mavens show one won't get sartorially scorned without a sky scraper heel - see Elisa Nalin's on-trend low pointy heel, and the show goer on the right who detracts all attention from her flat pumps with a loud neon beanie.
Photos: Bridget FlemingSee more street style looks from Paris Fashion Week

BEAUTY MOMENT: Chanel's golden eye
Created by make-up genius Peter Philips, who recently stepped down as creative director of Chanel make-up but will still be contributing to their world of beauty, this of course was a golden beauty moment to take away from the season. There has been golden gloss, pigment and powder on the runways, but from a season where muted and neutral has reigned supreme, there has been no make-up move so bold for autumn/winter 2013. These carefully applied sequins along the lash line and over bare lashes are the beauty statement that takes the golden ticket for autumn/winter 2013.